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SUMMARY:Against All Odds...Protecting the West's Largest Wetland
DESCRIPTION:Presenter:  Peter Ottesen\n\nWill discuss my book of the same title\, going from the time of the northern Yokuts\, to Cattle Baron Henry Miller\, to the dewatering of the San Joaquin River\, to fighting for water to sustain and protect the 240\,000-acre Grassland Ecological Area.Legacy: A classic example of private ownership fighting for a public trust resource. \nClick here to see the book review
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/against-all-odds-protecting-the-wests-largest-wetland/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260414T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260414T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
CREATED:20260326T035947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T035947Z
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SUMMARY:Rainforest in Flight: Birds of the Ecuadorian Amazon
DESCRIPTION:Presenter:  Jim Gain \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn the late fall of 2025\, I joined five other adventurers for a descent into the Amazon Basin. This Zoom Program centers on our time at the Sani Bird Lodge. Nestled deep within the Ecuadorian Amazon near the broad\, meandering Napo River\, Sani Bird Lodge sits at the heart of one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth\, surrounded by pristine rainforest that forms a living bridge between Yasuní National Park to the south and the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve to the north. Together\, these protected areas create a vast ecological corridor—an unbroken sweep of forest where life thrives in staggering abundance. The lodge’s grounds are alive with over 550 bird species.\n\nJim Gain is a biologist by training\, an educator for more than 35 years\, and a lifelong naturalist whose curiosity has fueled decades of work in citizen science and conservation. His involvement with the Stanislaus Audubon Society spans over three decades in nearly every leadership role\, including past president\, complemented by service on the Central Valley Bird Club board and years with the Modesto Camera Club. He remains deeply engaged in the birding community as a Webmaster\, eBird Reviewer\, and member of the Stanislaus County and San Joaquin County Bird Records Committee. Blending photography with field observation has become one of his greatest joys\, and his images have been featured on platforms such as Audubon Field Guide\, Birds of the World\, All About Birds\, and the Merlin Bird ID App—reflecting a lifelong commitment to celebrating and sharing the beauty of the natural world.
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/rainforest-in-flight-birds-of-the-ecuadorian-amazon/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260310T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260310T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T232243Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Change and the Birds of the Zuni Mountains Region of New Mexico: Past and Present\, and Maybe Future
DESCRIPTION:The Zuni region enjoys a history of ornithological study that must be the envy of every other place in interior western North America.  The specimens collected in the second half of the 19th Century and the early years of the 20th Century are mostly still extant and form the basis of assessing how the regional avifauna has changed and is changing across time.  Change has been very rapid since the turn of the new millennium.\n\n\nBorn and reared in Vallejo\, John Trochet has lived in Sacramento for the last 44 years.  He briefly practiced medicine before returning to school in ornithology\, and retired from the UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology in 2017.  He remains a research affiliate of the museum.  Along with following the birds of the Cosumnes River Preserve and being a team member of Project Principalis in Louisiana\, the 45+ year study of the birds of the Zuni Mountains Region is one of three long-term projects that keeps him busy in retirement.
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/climate-change-and-the-birds-of-the-zuni-mountains-region-of-new-mexico-past-and-present-and-maybe-future/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260210T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260210T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
CREATED:20260114T232113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T170552Z
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SUMMARY:Birds of the California Delta by Aaron Haiman
DESCRIPTION:The Delta is a place of connections where rivers meet each other\, where freshwater meets salt water\, where ocean fish come inland\, where birds from the north come for the winter\, and where birds from the south come to breed. The Delta is also a place of complexity. How water interacts with land and forms soil is a complex process. How birds and fish find and utilize habitats are complex sets of instincts and signals. How humans use water and land contains a nest of complex pressures. All these connections and complexities play out on a daily basis throughout the Delta. Exploring the many wetlands\, grasslands\, and sloughs of the Delta is always a fascinating and beautiful adventure into this meeting ground of complexity. And these adventures have led to a book that Aaron has written titled: Birds of the California Delta. This book introduces the reader to the Delta and to a scattering of the birds that live and visit it. Aaron will be sharing this book\, and his own birding experiences and knowledge.\n\nAaron Haiman began birding when he was 6 years old\, and his passion for birds has remained strong ever since. Following this passion has included volunteering for a variety of bird research organizations\, undergraduate and graduate degrees studying birds\, and working for the State of California as a Senior Environmental Scientist on ecosystem restoration. Aaron’s love of birds also takes him out birding on his own and with friends\, old and new\, and onto social media to share information and love of birds\, nature\, and science under the handle “A Birding Naturalist”.
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/birds-of-the-california-delta-by-aaron-haiman-2/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251209T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251209T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
CREATED:20231021T174033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251121T183838Z
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SUMMARY:Christmas Bird Count Review and Prep
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our annual Christmas Bird Count review with updates provided by our very own David Yee. David will discuss the latest information on birds in the Central Valley\, the State\, North America\, and the World. David has his finger on the pulse of all-things bird related so you can rest assured that we will be receiving the latest information that’s out there. \nDavid Yee is a past San Joaquin Audubon Society President\, Board Member\, and Field Trip Leader. He is also a Founding member\, Past President\, and Board member of the Central Valley Bird Club\, the creator of the Central Valley Birding Symposium\, and a wonderful friend and mentor to most San Joaquin Audubon Society birders
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/christmas-bird-counts-a-discussion-with-david-yee/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Birding FieldTrips,Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251111T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251111T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
CREATED:20240204T164042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251030T155046Z
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SUMMARY:Listening to Nature's Divas: What Female Songsters Tell Us
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Karan Odom\n\nMost bird enthusiasts are familiar with the intricate\, beautiful songs of male songbirds. However\, it is less well known that females of many bird species also sing. While male songbirds sing to attract mates or defend territories\, the reasons that females sing can be much broader\, including competing for year-round resources for herself and her young. However\, there is still a lot to learn about the extent of differences between male and female songs\, the reasons that female songbirds sing\, and the evolutionary pressures that led female songbirds to sing in the first place. Dr. Karan Odom will provide a glimpse into the world’s diversity of female bird songs and explain what these natural divas have to tell us.Bio: Karan Odom is an Assistant Professor at University of the Pacific and a behavioral ecologist. Karan is especially interested in the evolution of elaborate bird songs in female as well as male songbirds. She combines phylogenetic comparative methods with field studies to tease apart the evolutionary processes responsible for the sexual dimorphism we see in female and male song today. Karan recently came to Stockton after complete postdoctoral positions at the University of Maryland\, College Park and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Karan received her Ph.D. at the University of Maryland\, Baltimore County (UMBC) studying male and female song in troupials\, a tropical oriole in Puerto Rico\, and her Master’s at the University of Windsor in Ontario\, studying the function and geographic variation in Barred Owl duets. Karan also runs a citizen science project (the Female Bird Song Project- www.femalebirdsong.org)\, encouraging wildlife enthusiasts to help document the understudied singing behaviors of female songbirds.
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/listening-to-natures-divas-what-female-songsters-tell-us/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251027T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
CREATED:20250819T201300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250819T201300Z
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SUMMARY:Tesla – “Hismet Warep” – “Sacred Earth” Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for special joint meeting of the Sierra Club and Audubon to learn about the state parkland known as Tesla. Located in eastern Alameda County near the San Joaquin County line\, Tesla has been as the center of conservation efforts in the northern Diablo Range for over 2 decades.  Celeste Garamendi\, a founding member of Friends of Tesla Park\, will discuss Tesla’s rich natural and cultural landscape. Generations of naturalists and scientists have studied Tesla’s exceptional biodiversity and sensitive habitats. Local Tribes call Tesla “Hismet Warep\,” meaning “Sacred Earth” in the Ohlone Chochenyo language.  Having fought back the destructive plan to open Tesla to OHV recreation\, State Parks is now planning for what type of unit of the State Parks System Tesla will be.  A large coalition\, including the Sierra Club and Audubon\, are working to establish Tesla as a State Park Reserve.  Join us to learn more about the work to permanently preserve this important native landscape on our doorstep. \n There is  a short 6+ minute video that is on the website at www.teslapark.org (home page ‘Watch the Story” button\, or at this post link https://teslapark.org/watch-video-tesla-hismet-warep-sacred-earth/
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/tesla-hismet-warep-sacred-earth-presentation/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Birding FieldTrips,Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250909T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250909T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
CREATED:20250819T201111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250819T201111Z
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SUMMARY:How the Proposed Delta Conveyance Project Would Affect Birds and Birding in the Delta
DESCRIPTION:Dave will give an overview of the Delta Tunnel Project and discuss the projects potential impacts on bird habitat.  Locations of proposed mitigation sites will be detailed and evaluated.
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/how-the-proposed-delta-conveyance-project-would-affect-birds-and-birding-in-the-delta/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Birding FieldTrips,Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250408T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250408T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
CREATED:20250214T025138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250214T025138Z
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SUMMARY:Beef Raised on Bird-Friendly Land
DESCRIPTION:Speakera: 3 Calhoun Sisters \nPlease join us for a visit from the 3 Calhoun Sisters\, cattle ranchers located in Livermore\, Ca. They have been farming in the Livermore area for over 100 years. The 3 Calhoun Sisters have recently been certified by Audubon Conservation Ranching for Beef Raised on Bird-Friendly Land. \nThe ranch has set in place many conservation measures to assist in promoting wildlife some of them are; \n\nThe installation of bluebird boxes to increase the bluebird populations\, bluebirds are one of the most desired birds as they eat destructive pests such as snails\, grasshoppers\, termites\, moths\, and mosquitos.\nOwl boxes were also installed by Our friends at the NRCS/RCD to use the circle of life method of ridding the garden of the gophers instead of using rodenticides or traps.\nAll of the watering troughs on our ranch have ramps that allow wildlife that may become trapped in a trough an easy way out.\nOak Tree restoration Project started in 2020 to replant and restore some of the older mature trees that were falling over.\n\nThe Pollinator Program started a few years ago after finding native milkweed on the property\, the sisters worked with local conservation districts to plant more milkweed and other pollinator plants. \nGo from consumer to conservationist when you purchase beef and bison raised on Audubon Certified bird-friendly land! You can help Audubon protect birds and the places they need\, today and tomorrow. Come listen The 3 Calhoun Sisters tell us their success stories on their ranch to help conserve all types of wildlife.
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/beef-raised-on-bird-friendly-land/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Birding FieldTrips,Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250311T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250311T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
CREATED:20250214T024828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250214T025210Z
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SUMMARY:Stockton Butterfly Count - Talk by Kathy Schik
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Kathy Schick \nIn 1975 the Stockton Butterfly Count was launched under the coordination of county staff. San Joaquin County was one of the first counts in this nationwide event. Years later\, the count was paused due to budget cuts until local Audubon members revived it in 1986\, thanks to Dr. Kathy Schick. \n\nPlease join us on Tuesday\, March 11\, @ 7:30 to listen to Dr. Kathy Schick talk about the upcoming count and to learn about our local butterflies. Dr. Schick conducts the annual butterfly count in June and visits many local parks/ wildlife habitats to count areas butterflies. This program will familiarize you with the areas local butterflies.\n\nThe nationwide count is no longer hosted by the Xerces Society but now hosted by the North American Butterfly Association\, and this local event is one of the few butterfly counts still being held to this day. In addition to leading the Annual San Joaquin Audubon Society Butterfly Count\, Dr. Schick has her PhD in Entomology\, her specialty being tiny\, stingless parasitoid wasps. She is a Research Associate at U.C.Berkeley’s Essig Museum and the California Academy of Sciences at San Francisco Golden Gate Park.
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/stockton-butterfly-count/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Birding FieldTrips,Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250211T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250211T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
CREATED:20250201T001454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250201T040127Z
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SUMMARY:Zookeepers Don't Just Clean Exhibits
DESCRIPTION:Come join us to learn more about the Mickie Grove Zoo on Tuesday\, February 11 @ 7:30pm.\n\nMicke Grove Zoo is a five-acre zoo with amphibians\, mammals\, birds\, reptiles and invertebrates.The zoo that exists today is very different from the zoo that first opened its gates in 1957. Today\, the collection of Micke Grove Zoo emphasizes uniqueness and quality over size and quantity with a concentration on the welfare of the animal ambassadors that live here. Ms. Madeline Chester\, Education and Interpretative Specialist will discuss “Zookeepers don’t just clean exhibits\,” and yes there is Plenty to do! Let’s start with the education program for elementary school children & being the primary caregiver for these animals\, fundraising and special events for the zoo\, while also working on the Species Survival Plan program\, providing care to the non releasable wildlife that call the zoo home and providing training for the zoo’s volunteer program. Madeline will discuss her job at the zoo and how full filling the work is.
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/zookeepers-dont-just-clean-exhibits/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Birding FieldTrips,Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241112T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241112T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
CREATED:20241025T170107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241025T170107Z
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SUMMARY:Birds across the end Cretaceous mass extinction
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Chris Torres\, Ph.D.\, Assistant Professor Department of Biological Science\, UOP \nSixty six (66) million years ago\, an asteroid hit Earth and killed more than 75% of all life on the planet. That turned out to be a really good day for birds\, who went on to become the world’s most diverse group of terrestrial vertebrates. In this talk\, we will explore some surprising new stories that some incredibly old birds are telling us about why birds alone among known dinosaurs survived that mass extinction event\, why the earliest divergence among living birds is marked by a 100-fold difference in species diversity\, and how we might predict which species are most likely to be “extinction-proof” in the future. \nChris Torres is an avian paleontologist and evolutionary morphologist. His research focuses on questions about extinction and survivorship dynamics\, the evolution of beak function\, and the evolution of “loss” (like the loss of flight\, the loss of sensory systems\, or the loss of niche space). Bird groups he works on include early pre-modern birds\, the so-called ratites (and their flying relatives)\, rails\, and flamingos (his favorites). He is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of the Pacific.
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/birds-across-the-end-cretaceous-mass-extinction/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241008T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241008T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
CREATED:20240817T201008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240817T201008Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Amazon: The Pantanal of Brazil – Presented by Nancy E. Muleady-Mecham\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:A look at the largest wetland on the planet\, its natural history and ecology. \nDoc Nancy is an Adjunct Professor of biology at Northern Arizona University and Columbia College\, Sonora as well as a Visiting Lecturer for the University of Virginia Semester At Sea Program where she taught biology around the world.  Doc Nancy was selected by the United States as a Fulbright Scholar and traveled to the Russian Federation to teach at Gorno-Altaisk State University in southwest Siberia and to conduct research in remote protected areas.  As a retired National Park Ranger Naturalist and in Protection\, she worked in numerous national Parks throughout the U.S. \nWhen not working on her research on Giant Sequoias she loves to backpack. She leads High Sierra backcountry seminars on horseback for Rock Creek Pack Station. She has completed solo hikes of the John Muir and High Sierra Trails through the Sierra Nevada\, hiked through the Alps on The Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt\, and is a Pacific Crest Trail section hiker. \nShe is the author of several books\, and lives in the Sierra Nevada with her family. She teaches Biology for Community Education through Columbia College\, including the California Nature Series and Adventures on Planet Earth series via Zoom in the Fall.    \nDoc Nancy has been appointed by the Secretary of the Interior of the United States to the Central California Resource Advisory Council for the Bureau of Land management for a second three-year position in 2023. She also serves as a RAC Member for the US Forest Service.
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/beyond-the-amazon-the-pantanal-of-brazil-presented-by-nancy-e-muleady-mecham-ph-d/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240910T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240910T203000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
CREATED:20240817T200845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240817T200845Z
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SUMMARY:Surviving the Urban Jungle\, A Talk on Human/Wildlife Conflict - Presented by Michele Dodge
DESCRIPTION:As people continue to expand their territory\, wild animals find themselves more and more impacted by people. This can result in difficult situations for the wild animals who don’t know how to navigate an increasingly urbanized landscape.  Presented by a wildlife field rescuer with real life photos and stories about helping our wild neighbors. Sometimes heartbreaking\, sometimes disturbing\, sometimes funny\, and sometimes heartwarming\, we will hear about rescues of everything from squirrels to owls\, from foxes to eagles\, and discuss some of the dangers we unintentionally create in suburban America.  Come learn about the urban jungle\, and how we can become better friends to our wild neighbors.   \nMichele Dodge is a wildlife photographer and wildlife rescuer that lives in Granite Bay\, California.  She was an animal crazy kid that grew up to be an animal crazy adult\, and has been involved with animals her entire life.   She volunteers for several licensed wildlife rescue organizations\, working their emergency call phone lines and helping people with complex or dangerous rescues.  She also does workshops and trainings on wildlife\, photography\, and rescue for many organizations including rescue groups\, community colleges\, wildlife festivals\, and conservation groups.
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/surviving-the-urban-jungle-a-talk-on-human-wildlife-conflict-presented-by-michele-dodge/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240409T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240409T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
CREATED:20240325T001333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T001333Z
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SUMMARY:History of the Sacrament-San Joaquin Delta with a focus on historic stressors and restoration methods
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Lynette Williams Duman \nLynette will discuss site history of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta with a focus on historic stressors and restoration methods. She will then discuss her ongoing research regarding wetland restoration and conversion in the Sac-SJ Delta and Suisun Marsh with an emphasis on food web processes and waterbird responses to landscape change.\n\nLynette is a 2nd year PhD student at UC Davis studying Ecology. She works on how waterbird and waterbird habitat may change with landscape-level wetland change in the Suisun Marsh. She is also passionate about food web ecology and fisheries science and seeks to integrate bird management with fisheries management.
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/history-of-the-sacrament-san-joaquin-delta-with-a-focus-on-historic-stressors-and-restoration-methods/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240312T073000
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SUMMARY:HELPING BIRDS DURING MIGRATION (AND BEYOND)
DESCRIPTION:Presenter:  Kasey Foley \nPlease join us to hear Kasey Foley discuss some of the dangers and obstacles birds face during migration and how we can all help in some small ways to eliminate or\, at least\, reduce some of those obstacles. We’ll leave the meeting with helpful strategies to assist our winged friends survive another season.\nKasey Foley has a B.S. in Biological Sciences from UC Davis and worked for the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department for over 32 years. Kasey is a Past San Joaquin Audubon President (who isn’t?) and has been on the Board in some capacity since 1991. She is currently the Audubon Programs and Sales Chair. Kasey loves photography\, spending time birding with her husband\, sometimes traveling\, and hanging out with her kids\, grandkids\, and pets. \nWe’ll meet in the Fireside Room of the Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Ave\, Stockton. All are welcome. Refreshments and lighted free parking
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/helping-birds-during-migration-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231114T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231114T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
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SUMMARY:Diet and Nomadic Migration in Red Crossbills
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Konshau Duman \nKonshau’s research is on the relationship between diet and nomadic migration in the Red Crossbill. He spent his first season studying their migration diet by observing them in the field during the period when most of them are on the move in early summer\, and his continuing work will have to do with more intensive study of their fattening and energetics. Konshau is especially interested in the differences in movement strategies across the call types to figure out how far they have to go and why. In this talk\, Konshau will cover the Red Crossbill annual cycle\, how these questions fit into it\, and how eBird and iNaturalist users can make this and other research possible. \nKonshau is a second year PhD student at UC Davis studying diet and movement in birds\, with a focus on the Red Crossbills. He is an avid birder and field naturalist with a passion for identifying everything\, and he enjoys thinking about the life histories of birds\, insects\, plants\, fishes\, and more. Natural history has been his passion since he was a child growing up in the Western Mojave Desert. He got his BS from UC Davis in 2020 and since then he and his wife Lynette have worked several bird survey field jobs in Montana\, SE California\, and the Central Valley. The thing he really loves about birds is that they are so good at flying and how that really sets them apart from other living things in terms of their habitat use and adaptations.
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/diet-and-nomadic-migration-in-red-crossbills/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231023T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231023T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
CREATED:20230830T143527Z
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SUMMARY:A Bit About Bats with NorCal Bats
DESCRIPTION:Presenter : Corky Quirk\, the founder of NorCal Bats \nThis program is our annual Delta-Sierra Group and San Joaquin Audubon Society meeting and this year is hosted by the Delta-Sierra Group. The meeting is held on their regular meeting night which is why it’s a different day and date. \nThe presentation will include a discussion of bats’ role in the environment and their importance to agriculture. \nThe meetings take place in the Fireside Room of the Central United Methodist Church located at 3700 Pacific Avenue in Stockton. Plenty of parking and snacks.
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/a-bit-about-bats-with-norcal-bats/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230912T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230912T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
CREATED:20230830T143235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T140505Z
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SUMMARY:Namibia\, Botswana\, and Zambia\, with a little bit of South Africa
DESCRIPTION:Presenter – Chris Conard \nPlease join us for this brand new program on birding in Africa and a little about geography. Chris Conard is a Natural Resource Specialist at the Bufferlands in Sacramento County. He regularly leads field trips for Sacramento Audubon\, serves as a county editor for eBird\, and is a past president of the Central Valley Bird Club.
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/namibia-botswana-and-zambia-with-a-little-bit-of-south-africa/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230411T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230411T203000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
CREATED:20230309T044917Z
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SUMMARY:Gardening for Native Pollinators in the Central Valley
DESCRIPTION:By Amy Weiser and Doug Weiser \nThis presentation will discuss gardening for native pollinators.  When we bought our current house in Stockton\, we had a strong interest in fruit and vegetable gardening.  As a result\, we became very interested in encouraging pollinators to increase the yield from our small suburban yard.  We converted our front yard into a native garden to attract pollinators\, and we have been involved in similar projects at the University of the Pacific and John McCandless Charter School (Swain Campus).  In this talk\, we will discuss the ecology and benefits of native pollinators\, including butterflies\, native bees\, and hummingbirds.  We will also discuss simple gardening strategies that you can use on your property to provide invaluable habitat for native pollinators. \nDoug Weiser has been a professor of Biology at the University of the Pacific since 2009. He got a Bachelor in Chemistry from the College of Wooster in Ohio and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Duke University.  His research focuses on genes involved in stress response pathways and apoptosis using zebrafish as a model organism.  He teaches a variety of classes at UOP including general biology\, genetics\, biochemistry\, pharmacology\, cell biology\, cancer biology\, and molecular biology. \n Amy Weiser has been teaching AP Environmental Science and Biology at Lincoln High since 2017. She has also taught sixth and fourth grade. In addition\, Amy has worked as a wildlife biologist for the California Audubon Workinglands Group conducting Tricolored Blackbirds population counts and shorebird studies in the Grasslands near Merced. Amy also worked for 9 years as an environmental consultant on Avian Mortality studies on the Altamont Wind Resource Area. Amy taught outdoor education at Micke Grove zoo\, Tulare County Outdoor Education\, Mission Springs in Santa Cruz\, Point Reyes Summer Science Camp\, Camp Arroyo in Livermore\, and Anglican Youth Works in the Royal National Park (NSW\, Australia).  Amy has a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology from the University of California\, Davis\, and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Literacy from the Teachers College of San Joaquin.
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/gardening-for-native-pollinators-in-the-central-valley/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230314T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230314T203000
DTSTAMP:20260513T151640
CREATED:20230226T102453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T064730Z
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SUMMARY:Water Harvest - Water\, its history\, location and use
DESCRIPTION:By  Nancy E. Muleady-Mecham\, Ph.D \nDoc Nancy is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia College and Northern Arizona University with a Ph.D. in Biology. She teaches subjects in biology\, anatomy and physiology and medicine\, pathology\, astronomy\, and forestry and conduct research on Giant Sequoia ecology. \nShe is a Fulbright Scholar\, having taught and conducted research in Siberia at Gorno-Altaisk State University. She has also been the Biology Professor as a Visiting Lecturer for the Semester At Sea program where she taught Biology\, Conservation\, and Medicine around the world. \nShe has been appointed by the Secretary of the Interior of the United States to the Central California Resource Advisory Council for the Bureau of Land management. \nWhen not working on her research on Giant Sequoias she loves to backpack. She leads High Sierra backcountry seminars on horseback for Rock Creek pack Station. She has completed solo hikes of the John Muir and High Sierra Trails through the Sierra Nevada\, hiked through the Alps on The Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt\, and is a Pacific Crest Trail section hiker. She is the author of several books and peer-reviewed scientific research papers. She lives in the Sierra Nevada with her family. \n  \nNancy E. Muleady-Mecham\, Ph.D\nAdjunct Professor of Biology\, Northern Arizona University\nVisiting Lecturer\, University of Virginia Semester at Sea\nFulbright Scholar\, Gorno-Altai State University\, Russian Federation \n\n\n\n\n\nU.S. National Park Ranger\, Retired \nPO Box 3371\nArnold\, CA 95223
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/water-harvest-water-its-history-location-and-use/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Chapter Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230214T193000
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CREATED:20230122T060729Z
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SUMMARY:Birds of Papua New Guniea (PNG) with a Brief but Complex History of the Region and a Sprinkling of Australian Birds
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Chris Conard \nIn August 2022\, Chris joined a group largely composed of Sacramento/San Joaquin-based birders to Papua New Guinea (PNG)\, which comprises the eastern half of the world’s second largest island. We had a wonderful time viewing and listening to perhaps the most spectacular avifauna on earth\, including the incomparable birds of paradise\, bowerbirds\, crowned pigeons\, and paradise-kingfishers to name but a few. The tour ranged from the humid\, leech-infested lowlands to cool\, mossy forests over ten thousand feet in elevation\, and wrapped up on the volcano-strewn island of New Britain in the Bismarck Sea. PNG is both magnificent and fraught. It is also one of the most ethnically complex regions of the world\, with a history of human settlement of over fifty thousand years; twenty percent of the world’s languages developed on the island. The capital\, Port Moresby\, is perennially listed among the ten most violent cities in the world. There is palpable tribal tension in the highlands and shocking poverty in the lowlands. Yet\, the local guides were wonderfully helpful and proud to show some of the highlights of their country. If all that wasn’t enough\, most of the group spent five days in Australia before heading home.Chris Conard is a Natural Resource Specialist at the Bufferlands in Sacramento County. He regularly leads field trips for Sacramento Audubon\, serves as a county editor for eBird\, and is a past president of the Central Valley Bird Club.
URL:https://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/event/birds-of-papua-new-guniea-png-with-a-brief-but-complex-history-of-the-region-and-a-sprinkling-of-australian-birds/
LOCATION:Central United Methodist Church\, 3700 Pacific Avenue\, Stockton\, California
CATEGORIES:Chapter Programs
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